By Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has, for the first time, published rules of engagement for civilian hackers involved in conflicts. The war watchdog warns unprecedented numbers of people are joining patriotic cyber-gangs since the Ukraine invasion. The eight rules include bans on attacks on hospitals, hacking tools…

By Anthony Zurcher North America Correspondent on Capitol Hill Back in January, Kevin McCarthy struck a deal to become House speaker that gave any one member of Congress the power to force a vote on whether to remove him. On Tuesday, one Republican – Matt Gaetz – did exactly that. And, with the help of…

This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Chloe Kim BBC News The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud case issued a limited gag order after the ex-president made “disparaging” remarks about a court clerk. Mr Trump had attacked Judge Arthur Engoron’s clerk…

By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News The bright orange hotel sticks out as far as the eye can see – but unfortunately for its owner Bishnu Sharma, there is hardly anyone there to see it. His hotel offers breath-taking mountain views from the town of Lumbini in Nepal – Buddha’s birthplace. But a hoped-for surge in…

Set scenically at the base of the Pirin Mountains, Bansko has quietly emerged as one of the world’s newest remote working hubs in recent years. Arriving in Bansko for the first time, you might feel you’ve been transported back to a simpler age. Storks nest on telegraph poles, gaggles of head-scarved grandmothers gossip beneath apple…

Deep in the jungles of Malaysia, some of the world’s best peppercorns are used as the focal point for braised chicken with tomatoes, coconut, chillies and herbs. Deep in the jungles of Borneo in Sarawak, Malaysia’s largest state, are small pockets of peppercorn farms. The bright green pepper vines that nestle on steep hills slanting…

Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, has entered a not guilty plea to charges of illegally owning a handgun at a Delaware courthouse. Prosecutors allege that Mr Biden, 53, lied about his drug use on application forms when he purchased the weapon in 2018. The BBC’s analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at…

At least 20 people have died after a bus fell off a flyover near the Italian city of Venice, local officials say. The bus broke through a barrier and plunged about 10m onto railway tracks in the district of Mestre on the Italian mainland, which is connected to Venice by a bridge, local media said.…

By Katy Austin, Chris Mason and Kate Whannel BBC News Rishi Sunak is to announce the scrapping of the HS2 high-speed rail line from West Midlands to Manchester on Wednesday, the BBC understands. In his Conservative Party conference speech, the PM is expected to set out a range of alternative projects in the north of…

Canada has elected Liberal MP Greg Fergus to be the new Speaker of the House of Commons after the previous one resigned amid a Nazi in parliament row. Mr Fergus – the first black man to hold the position – was chosen by the 338-member House after a secret ballot on Tuesday. He called it…